Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated experienced Maternity Support Worker to support the community midwives based at Wythenshawe Hospital. The post involves assisting the midwives caring for women and birthing people during the antenatal and postnatal period  with supervision from the midwives. You will be required to support parents to care for and feed their babies, also undertaking parent education.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to perform blood tests and observations on both mothers and babies.
You will also be expected to support the Midwives with administration eg: ordering blood tests and booking appointments.

The role will also include cleaning and maintaining the environment , restocking equipment, utilising  IT systems and support families in the community setting with a focus being on public health promotion.

You will have excellent interpersonal skills as you will be communicating with women on the phone  and working closely with the women and their families in their homes. 
Candidates should expect to work shifts to cover days, weekends and public holidays.  The Roster is planned to ensure fairness and to accommodate family commitments whenever possible.
Please note that we will not shortlist candidates who do not have the essential elements listed in the person specification document.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of  over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.